Bad Expernce Good Lesson

OK as you might see by the tittle that this Post will be about a bad experience- so we decided to go scuba diving with Billy-(one of our great friends from Belize) we went with a lot of other people and headed out. When we got in the water and everything seemed OK, we went down-though it wasn't very deep. The first problem appeared very quickly and it was my mask-it started to fog up and it wasn't just the fog that you get and you can clear out, it was a everlasting misty fog-- i started to think that there were dementors under water (you know damentors-Harry Potter) because they make mist and stuff- OK the people who are harry potter freaks got that one-

then there was the current that was sweeping us all out to sea- afterwards my mom told me that she was relieved that we were all safe and alive because there was a great chance that one of us could have been swept out to sea- and i was starting to get really freaked- everyone was grabbing fist fulls of coral and dragging themselves across the ocean floors while fighting against the current to get back to the boat even though all the dive people told us how it damages the coral so much when we touch it and all that stuff but since it was the dive people who started to do it first we thought it was OK. when we got to the top we had made little progress and started to head toward the boat in a ferocious Battle against the current- by this time i was crying and stressed and--- well it was a HORRIBLE experience. we decide to go down to the bottom again to make the swim a little easier- to top things off i scraped my knee (with out knowing it) on a bit of stinging coral and it was red and puffy and hurt like h- i mean it hurt really badly :) then i was full out sobbing- when we got back in the boat my mom said that in 20 years of diving that was THE WORST dive of her life and my dad agreed!- great ways to introduce someone (in this case me and charlie) to scuba diving huh?

little tip for traveling- if you had a bad experience(which you most certainly will if you are traveling) no matter what happens you can learn something you can use next time. for this one i guess it would be... ummm....uhhh....... stay low to the bottom when fighting a current-don't scrape your knee on coral- and umm well you get the picture right?

well after a day like today i am just glad to get in bed-goodnight!

Anna Nolan Over and Out!!!!